The Pit and Pendulum — Restaurant in Plymouth

Plymouth's Pit and Pendulum is a horror of a pub. Unfriendliest pub you'll likely ever experience. Ultra cliquey. Is effectively a chapter house for the pub's in-crowd. Other customers are made to feel acutely unwelcome, are treated shockingly rudely and even with hostility. Bar staff constantly clown around and drink. Male bar staff are disturbingly - seriously disturbingly - lecherous to female customers. Doesn't matter if you've been there before, or are 'alternative'; 'outsiders' will get this treatment - as witnessed repeatedly. Ironic behaviour, given the pub's 'alternative' projection and the 'alternative' scene's professed inclusivity and equality. Other reviewers observe the same shaming things; there are also glowing reviews; the very polarisation speaks to two groups: 1) the pub's in-crowd, 2) the unwanted 'outsiders'. You may like the pub's music and its bits of strewn pound-shop Halloween tat; this won't make-up for the horrible experience you'll almost certainly have. Go somewhere else. Other Plymouth pubs have like music. Nowhere else is likely to treat you as badly, regardless of who or...

We visited the metal pub to get a feel of the local tribe, with a view to potentially move to Plymouth. We loved everything we experienced - the service was absolutely excellent and the community looks lovely and welcoming. We will definitely return, as this visit was the decisive factor- Plymouth is...

I stopped in for a quick pint and I found it a great "metal" bar. Lots of memorabilia, friendly staff, jukebox, pool table, purchasable merch and offers on the walls. Bar man said they do live music occasionally which may explain the funny hearing protection ear bud dispenser....